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Quotes from A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations — Rumi

1207–1273 Afghanistan

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The lover shineth among his fellows as in heaven
The brilliant moon among the host of stars.

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Thou takest on thyself the shame of hemp and wine,
In order that thou mayest for one moment escape from thyself.

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Become nought, nought from self-hood, because
There is no crime worse than thy being.

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I am the sunlight falling from above,
Yet never severed from the sun I love.

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If the sleeping spirit knew itself to be asleep,
Whatever it might see, it would feel neither joy nor sorrow.

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Mysteries are not communicable save to those who know,
Mystery in the ear of infidels is no mystery.

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Seek earnestly for deliverance from the uncongenial,
The society of the uncongenial is like the grave.

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Enter houses by the doors
And trace effects to their causes.

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Seek the pearl, O brother, in the shell,
And seek for skill among the learned.

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Apparently thou art the ruler of thy wife like water over fire,
In reality thou art ruled by and suppliant to her.

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Thou wilt never more endure without the flame, when thou hast known the rapture of burning.
If the water of life should come to thee, it would not stir thee from the flame.

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Though the ruby has no stamp, what matters it?
Love is fearless in the midst of the sea of fear.

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Welcome soul-producing sun! when a single ray of thine hath appeared,
Thousands of human souls shoot forth from black (barren) clay.

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Our celestial spirit is free to eternity,
Although for a short time we are imprisoned in forms of flesh.

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My soul is grown weary of Pharaoh and his tyranny,
I desire the light of the countenance of Moses, son of ʿImran.

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The soul resembles a clear mirror, the body is dust upon it,
Our beauty is invisible since we are under the dust.

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In the world there is nought so wondrous as the sun,
But the Sun of the soul sets not and has no yesterday.

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If for the Faith thou bear’st thy wealth, it then
The Prophet says, is pure to righteous men.

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I am thy lute, on every vein (chord) of mine
Thou strikest the quill, and I vibrate.

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Thou hadst not seen a single blind man seated on the moat-edge,
Had they sought God instead of morsel and pittance.

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